Elizabeth Bragg

Elizabeth Bragg (1854 – 1929) was the first woman to receive a civil engineering degree from an American university.

Biography

Elizabeth Bragg received her degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1876.[1][2][3][4] Bragg married George Cumming in 1888, a civil engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.[5] Elizabeth Bragg Cumming died on 10 November 1929, and is buried in California.[6]

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References
  1. Writers, Staff. "10 Female Engineers Who Helped Pave the Way - BachelorsDegreeOnline.com". BachelorsDegreeOnline.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. "History of Women Engineers". All Together. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. Rankin-Perez, Julie (23 December 2014). "What's it like to be a woman working in the energy industry?". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. LeBold; LeBold, William K; Dona J (March 1998). "Women engineers: A historical perspective". ASEE Prism. 7.
  5. "The first lady of structural engineering - Civil + Structural Engineer magazine". Civil + Structural Engineer magazine. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. "Elizabeth Bragg Cumming (1858-1929) - Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.


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